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Fines for alternate side parking violations increase to $65 citywide

By admin | February 25, 2020 |

Officially beginning on Thursday, February 20th, fines for alternate side parking (ASP) violations have been increased to $65. As per the Department of Sanitation, drivers who fail to move their vehicles for street cleaning will face a $65 fine in all five boroughs– a $20 increase from before for those in the outer boroughs or…

No More Smelly Trucks

By Josephine Lembard | April 12, 2018 |

For years garbage trucks operated by the Department of Sanitation that park by the Ravenswood Houses in Astoria have caused headaches and smells. According to QNS. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer had first begun pressuring the city for an alternative site for the trucks to park at since 2010. “It’s a decades-long problem and the people…